Former CIA Director David Petraeus’ infidelities have cost him his job as the nation’s top spy and threaten to destroy his legacy, built up over decades of successful military leadership.

But Petraeus is hardly the first vaunted public figure to find himself knee-deep in an embarrassing sex scandal. Take a trip down memory lane as The Daily Caller remembers some of the long-forgotten flings that showed this country that, in domestic politics, flags aren’t the only things standing at full staff.